gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
school building; schoolhouse
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds
guidance; leadership; leading the way
training range; training grounds; training area
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
every year; yearly; annually
time; season; period; phase; stage
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
reception (desk); information desk; receptionist; receipt; acceptance
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out
staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
necessary items; required items; necessary information; required fields (on a form); mandatory fields
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
to write incorrectly (e.g. character); to make a mistake in writing
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
to sit for an examination
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
no matter (what, who, etc.); whether ... or ...; be
qualifications of candidacy for an examination
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)